---
type: "Bill"
title: "adjutant general; duties"
description: "adjutant general; duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "Arizona SB 1281 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a62f271-9d87-40fd-90ae-6d69b70bdb4e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82648?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "81fae5e912eb8c459955be18e6daab4731c36fef50a0ea172a58ce6428305e00"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1281 (57th-1st-regular) — adjutant general; duties

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/laws/0256.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Gillette - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529144)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1281h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1281p.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1281s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **41–11** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-06** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a62f271-9d87-40fd-90ae-6d69b70bdb4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).